Autonomous Smart Trash system Project/Thesis

We have designed and built a 'proof of concept' prototype for Project Green Stations, an externally funded student group with the following mission statement:

Project Green Stations is all about changing the way people see the environment. Imagine the go-green movement as a brand. Solar panels, Toyota Priuses, and waste receptacles are all points of interaction with your idea of going green.

By designing elegant, simple, and technologically advanced waste bins, we improve one element that affects that perception; one element that almost all students, faculty, and staff at University see every day.

We plan to have the first full prototype manufactured over the summer and ready to go before August. Over the next academic year, we will be looking to further refine the aesthetics and the hardware to best fit our needs. The expectation is by the beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year, we will begin full scale implementation. 

Download Project:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?t2l8876trb4li1s